Patmos Pleasures

Given our lack of progress in securing a winter billet we intended hanging about this part of the Aegean and continue trying to get something to rent in Samos or Leros.

We have covered off Patmos in previous year’s blogs so I won’t include too many pictures of the anchorages, lovely though they may be. So more rather our meanderings ashore.

We shuttled between Kyma, Ay Georgious & Livhadia bays for about a week. They are marked in that order on the chartlet.

Kyma is just wee inlet that you can anchor across from a very chic taverna that plays jazz and is visited by tourists staying in Scala Patmos the main town. It’s like us watching them watching us. You are so close you can almost see what they are eating.

When the boat swings the other way you are quite close to the taverna Ready to head into town for the evening

Kyma also has the advantage of being able to either walk into Patmos town or , as we did this year motoring round in Nicolas’s new Hondwave dinghy.

Don’t think our old AVON would make the trip , lol more patches than Desperate Dan after a shave

Now one of my favourites when visiting Patmos is the pizza restaurant that I insist we visit. This year however Louise & Nicolas on returning from shopping advised me it was shut due to covid. I was sorely disappointed and only after letting me suffer for another couple of hours told me they were joking,  I was like a dog with two tails .

Pizza here we come

The bay marked 1 is Ay Georgiou’s and is the most remote and has only a beach taverna and a little church on a hill. When the visitors disappear at night you can only hear the goats. It is very beautiful and especially so this year again due to the lack of other boats

Nothing to do but chill , bliss

Livadhia Bay (chequered Flag) is more commercialized but still nice, having a taverna ashore and a taxi service into Patmos Town. Normally we head in late morning for our supermarket trip followed by lunch before returning to our boats in the late afternoon.

Patmos & Scala Patmos in particular is a bit more chic than other Greek Islands, it’s always nice to spend some time ashore here